Honors Theology 12 – Beta

The course will:

• Introduce the student to a devout life in the modern world & the practice of mental prayer
• Give the student the tools to distinguish between forms of prayer that are compatible with Christianity & those that are not
• Explain why sanctity & perfection consist in doing “everything to conform to God’s will” as St. Teresa of Avila says, & why that is the highest perfection possible
• Encourage boundless trust in God, His Divine Providence, His Love, & His Mercy
• Impart a firm understanding of Christian moral principals & the proper application of Christian moral principals in life situations
• Impart a greater understanding of the dignity of the human person, freewill, & vocation
• Foster a deeper admiration of the particular callings within the Church
• Inspire each student to respond with greater zeal to the Universal Call to Holiness
• Reveal the beauty & sanctity of Matrimony in the Catholic Church & the benefits & responsibilities of family life
• Show forth the excellence of religious vocations, their benefits & responsibilities, as well as briefly define the various type of religious vocations in the Church
• Further the understanding of one’s duties to God, Church, self, spouse, family, state, & society
• Foster a profound appreciation & understanding of Our Lady, her role in salvation & in our lives

Students taking this course for Kolbe Honors (H) credit will have eight papers, a mid-term, and final exam each semester.  Additionally, honors students should expect to have daily reading and minor weekly written assignments or quizzes.

Assignment due-dates and some grades are established by the parent.  To receive honors credit with Kolbe Academy, students must submit a number of designated assignments to Kolbe Academy for grading, usually exams and select papers.  The parent- and Kolbe-established grades are averaged to produce the final grade for the honors course.

Alternatively, a student may enroll in the Self-Paced Plus© grading assistance program to receive additional grading assistance by a Kolbe Academy faculty or staff member on designated assignments in the course.  In this case, parents may still submit grades for the student to be averaged in with the required Kolbe-graded honors assignments, or they may use the teacher-graded materials only to receive credit.

• The Holy Bible, standard version (hard-bound and soft-bound editions available)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church, Liberia Editrice Vaticana & U.S. Catholic Conference
• Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis De Sales, translated by John K. Ryan
  
• Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence, Bl. Claude Colombiere, Fr. Jean Baptiste Saint-Jure
• MLA Handbook Eighth Edition

Optional physical copies available for purchase for the following under the Theology 12 “Optional Material” section in the Kolbe Bookstore (digital copies are provided with the self-paced course):

• Introduction to the Devout Life Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Press
• Trustful Surrender & Morality Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Press
• Church History III & Morality Reader, Kolbe Academy Press
• Church History III & Morality Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Press

Self-Paced Plus courses include the following:

• Grading by a highly qualified teacher for selected assignments (listed below) in the course.
• Access to teacher through the course’s discussion board.
• Option to report grade given by the teacher, or to report a grade assigned by parent.
• The pacing is still established by the parent in conjunction with the student’s goals and academic calendar. 
• Assignments will be graded within 1-2 weeks of the submission date, excluding holiday breaks.  (For the quickest grading, students should turn assignments in incrementally throughout the year.  If a student turns in multiple assignments to be graded at once, expect a response time of 1-2 weeks per assignment submitted.)

Self-Paced Plus Assignment List:

*We developed a rubric to assist in grading the paper assignments.  Each paper assignment will have the rubric available for the student in the course.